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-[GTK2] is an acronym for
the second version of The [GimpToolKit] or
[GTK+
]
-
-while many users assume from the name that this is GTK 2.x, and ,as such
, just
the next major revision of the original toolkit, it is in fact so different that applications can require considerable modification in order to build against GTK2.
-
-GTK2, however
, provides such
a wide array of new functionality that these conversions are well worth the effort, and
with [GNOME] 2.x built entirely upon GTK2, if an application is to fit in
and avoid being replaced it's almost a requirement.
-
-Some of the most noticeable improvements to the widgets in GTK2 (from an end-user's point of view, at least) is the built-in use of AntiAliasedFonts and much internationalisation (use
of [Unicode]/multi-byte characters, and support for languages written right-to-left). These features are mostly achieved through the use of [Pango
].
+[GTK2] is the second version of [GTK], the GimpToolKit
, a redesign
with far reaching internal changes
and lots
of changed
[API
]s
.